Disclaimer: I called Chris to see if he was willing to sneak off the set and rendezvous with me, but sadly, Dick answered the phone, so No Chris…
A/N: Chapter 3…just because I love everyone in the world that helps me look saner!! PS – That means you guys, except, I don't think any of us are sane at all.
Who? What? How?
Olivia closed her eyes as Munch and Fin entered the interview room. She heard Munch say something to Elliot and Elliot react like he has a gun pointed at his head. As soon as Munch and Fin look up she is out the door and in the interview room with them. They were going to need a third, 'neutral,' party to help straighten this out, and she was it.
Elliot was backed up against the farthest wall of the room and Munch and Fin hadn't moved from their position next to the table. Elliot looked nervous and Munch and Fin looked as if they had seen a ghost, which in reality, they pretty much had.
"Elliot?" Munch asked hesitantly.
Elliot nodded his head, "Hi guys. What are you doing here?" he asked as he slowly mad his way back to the table and sat down.
"We are working a case, what are you doing alive?" Fin asked.
"Um…its kinda a lo-" he stopped when he saw Liv walk into the room. "Liv, would you like to help me explain this to them?" he somewhat pleaded.
Olivia motioned to the two chairs on the opposite side of the table from Elliot and Olivia took the one next to him. Elliot wrapped his arm around her shoulders and continued to look at his old friends.
"Well, John, Fin, as you can see Elliot isn't dead. He was moved here after the warehouse incident. I moved here two years ago, not knowing he was here. I put Luke and Jake in school and guess who turned out to be Luke's kindergarten teacher?" she paused, "That's right, Mr. Brad Jones over here."
"So, your name is Brad? I don't see that fitting you."
"I know. I have been living with it for seven long years. When Liv got here and started calling me El at the house, I was so relieved."
"At the house? You live together?" Fin questioned.
"Yeah, we do. For about, what? Seventeen months now?" Olivia pondered. Elliot nodded in agreement, and Olivia continued, "At first the Marshalls didn't like it, but we convinced them that whatever they said wasn't going to keep him from seeing his boys, so they finally relented."
"Wow. I…I never…It's good to see you man," Munch said.
"It's good to see you two too. I never thought I would see Olivia again, much less anyone else from the house up there."
The four talked for another hour. They were interrupted by a knock at the door to the interview room.
"Olivia! What did I tell you? You are not to be in here while they are questioning the suspect," Detective Daniels commanded.
Elliot furrowed his brow, "Suspect? What am I a suspect for?"
Daniels eyes got really wide at his slip up, "Nevermind. Olivia, what are you doing in here?"
"I am just acquainting my boyfriend here and my friends. Turns out they have more in common than I thought," she said with a smile. The three men at the table tried to hide their amusement to the obvious statement.
"Well, has he been questioned at all? I leave you alone for one hour and you are off gallivanting with your boyfriend and your former co-workers."
Munch laughed, "Liv? Gallivanting? I would pay to see that!"
Olivia shot Munch a glare and he shut up, "No sir, he hasn't been questioned yet, because we don't feel he needs to be questioned. He has an alibi for the time of the murder. A pretty reliable one at that."
Elliot's eyes went wide, "Murder! You think I killed Meredith?"
Olivia turned around and put her hand on Elliot's shoulder, "No, I don't think you did it, and I don't think Munch and Fin believe you did it either. Daniels here thinks you did it because you and Meredith had another fight yesterday."
"What? We fought all the time, ever since I met Liv. I turned her down for a date and she hasn't left me alone since. I wanted her to leave me and my family alone; I didn't want her dead."
Daniels rolled his eyes, "You were still one of the last ones to see her alive."
"I left the staff meeting before she did! I was mad, so I went and got Luke and we went home. Jake was already home when we got there, ask him! And to top it off, thirty minutes later, your own Detective Stabler here came in the door. I was making dinner and stayed in the entire night!"
Munch and Fin looked at one another and then to the other detective, "Sound like a good alibi to me," Fin said.
"Yup, I don't see any holes in it. And your own detective is part of it. So if you don't believe it, you either don't trust your own detective or you are dumber than a sack of hammers!" Munch added.
Elliot stood up, "Now, if I am not under arrest I would like to go home to my boys and maybe invite Liv's friends over for dinner. How bout it guys? It will give us time to get to know each other better," he said with a smirk.
"Sounds good to us, Liv?" Munch asked.
"Fine with me. Let's go!"
The four got up and left the room. Olivia stopped by her locker and gathered her things. They piled into Olivia's car and drove to their house.
The foursome pulled up to the house about twenty minutes later. Olivia, Munch and Fin all went inside, while Elliot walked next door to pick up the boys.
Elliot knocked and the door to Mrs. Ruth's house opened.
"Hello there Brad, come in, come in," Mrs. Ruth greeted him.
"Thanks for the offer Mrs. Ruth, but I can't. We have guests and I just needed to pick up the boys and thank you for watching them on such short notice."
"It's never a problem dear. I love having them around."
Elliot smiled, "They are great boys. Now, where are they?"
Mrs. Ruth laughed, "They are doing their homework in the den, let me get them."
"Thanks," Elliot watched Mrs. Ruth walk away from the door and into a room on the right of the living room. A few moments later, a little brown haired boy came running to him.
"Hey, buddy! How was school?" Elliot asked Luke.
"It was great!"
"That's good. Where's your brother?"
"I'm right here. I'm coming," the teen answered.
Elliot smiled and ruffled his hair, "Hey bud, get your stuff done?"
Jake looked at him, "Yeah. Can we go now?"
Elliot laughed and rolled his eyes, "Sure, but tell Mrs. Ruth thanks and good-bye first."
The two boys did as they were told and were out the door quickly.
"Hey, twin tornados, wait for me," Elliot yelled.
"Dad!" Luke whined, "I want to see mommy!"
"I know, but you can't go in without me. We have a surprise for you two, so I need to be with you."
Both boys' eyes lit up, "A surprise?" Jake asked.
"Yup, now wait, or you wont get it," he said, knowing full well that he couldn't hide Munch and Fin from them.
Olivia, John and Fin were sitting in Olivia's kitchen when they heard the front door open. They then heard Elliot yell.
"Liv, we're back, but I don't know if the boys have behaved enough to get their surprise. I mean the twin tornados here might just have to go without."
Olivia laughed and walked to the living room to see Luke and Jake, "What do you mean they can't have their surprise? I thought they were always perfect angels?"
Jake and Luke both grinned and looked up at her. She rolled her eyes, "Okay, you can have your surprise, only if all your homework is done. Now let me see it."
Fin and Munch tried to suppress a chuckle at the family's antics.
Jake and Luke hurriedly pulled out their planners and homework to prove to their mother that they were done. Olivia checked all the things that the boys were handing her and smiled, "Well, El, it looks like they are done and get to have that surprise after all."
"Really? Okay…let me go get it." Elliot walked into the kitchen and chuckled at the grins the two men had on their faces. "Okay, you ready?" he called from the kitchen.
"Yes!" both boys exclaimed.
"Okay, here I come," Elliot came back into the room empty handed.
"Hey! Where is the surprise?" Jake asked.
"Right here," Elliot said and opened the door to the kitchen up.
Munch and Fin walked through the door and looked at the boys. The two boys immediately jumped from their places on the couch and ran into the arms of their favorite uncles.
"Uncle Munch! Uncle Fin!" Luke yelled as he ran to Munch.
John picked up the boy and gave him a tight hug. Fin pulled Jake close to him as well. They hugged for a minute or so then switched.
"I missed you guys so much," Munch said as he released Jake.
"I missed you guys too," Fin echoed.
"I missed you too Uncle Munch and Uncle Fin!" Jake said.
"Me too!" Luke exclaimed from his perch still in Fin's arms.
Elliot walked over to Olivia and embraced her from behind, "I always liked reunions. But this one has to be at the top of the list," he paused and thought for a second, "Well, second. The first being when you and the boys came back into my life."
Olivia smiled and nodded, not able to talk at the moment. She turned and gave Elliot a kiss on the lips, "I love you," she finally choked out.
"I love you too."
